Properties of practical oral liposome-Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferase vaccines for effective induction of caries protection

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 172-180

  Childers, N K ^a   Zhang, S S ^a   Harokopakis, E ^a   Harmon, C C ^a   Michalek, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

dental caries; gnotobiotic rat; mucosal immunity; secretory immunoglobulin A; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030175276     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1996.tb00354.x     Document Type: Article

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